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Pte. John Thomas Tobin
British Army 2nd Btn. Newfoundland Regiment
from:Burin North, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
(d.1st Feb 1916)
John Tobin served in the Newfoundland Regiment. He died in in Gailes Camp Military Hospital, Scotland aged 20.
Lead.Sea. William Henry Tobyn
Royal Navy HMS Epsom
from:Leith, Scotland
Sjt. Abraham Eden Todd
British Army 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Gateshead
(d.31st May 1918)
My great uncle, Abraham Todd died of wounds during the battle of the Aisne, May 1918. He is buried at Beaurepaire, French National Cemetry, Pontavert.
Pte. Charles Gordon Todd
British Army 13th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Shelf, Halifax, West Yorkshire
Charles Gordon Todd was my Grandfather. He originally enlisted into the Durham Light Infantry on 29th February 1916 and was then transferred to the 13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers on 23rd December 1916. Between January and April 1917 he was fighting in France and I have the following information:-
My Grandfather was wounded in the Hindenburg Line and was discharged on 1st December 1917 due to his injuries. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal for his services.
- January 1917 - in Marles-Le-Mines then on 26th January to Poperinghe
- February 1917- still in Poperinghe then on 16th February to the trenches at La Bourse in the Quarries Sector
- March 1917 - still in trenches at Le Bourse then on 27th March to trenches in the Boyelles/St Leger Sector
- April 1917 - 1st April in open warfare overlooking Croisues then on 2nd April attacked German trenches where the Battalion sustained many casualties. On 9th April in Bivonaes, on 10th April in Dugouts then from 11th April in the front line where the Battalion advanced into Hindenburg Line. On 24th April in Mercatel then 25th April in Bivonaes and 26th April Boiry Becquereele.
Pte. Charles Todd
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Browney Colliery
Charles Todd enlisted with 18th DLI and was serving with them during the 2nd Battle of Ypres and later served with 14th DLI and 22nd DLI.
Pte. Dan Todd
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Usworth Colliery
(d.19th August 1917)
Dan Todd is buried at Villers Faucon
Pte. Fred Todd
Canadian Expeditioary Forces 235 Btn.
from:Peterborough Ontario
Fred Todd served with the 235th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Gnr. Harold Todd
British Army 256 Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.3rd Oct 1917)
Harold Todd was born on 10th June 1893 and died on 3rd October 1917. Harold enlisted on 31st of August 1916 in York for duration of the war. He was a Wesleyan. He embarked at Folkestone on 8th of February 1917, and disembarked at Boulogne.
Harold was wounded on 3rd October 1917 and sent to a field hospital, where he died from wounds on the same day. He is buried in a First World War Cemetery at Duhallow A.D.S., West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. There is also a headstone dated 1924, in Darlington Cemetery where his death was recorded on his parents' headstone.
Pte. Henry Todd
British Army XI Corps Cyclist Battalion Army Cyclist Corps
(d.8th Sep 1918)
Henry Todd died age 23, Born Bellingham Northumberland in 1895. He enlisted in Jarrow and served in France from 30th Jul 1915. He was the son of Mr. G. H. Todd of 35 Ormonde Street Jarrow.
Henry is buried in St. Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Spr. Herbert William Todd
British Army 1st/3rd Durham Field Company Royal Engineers
(d.29th Jun 1916)
Herbert Todd died age 22. He was born in Wallsend in 1894. In the 1911 Census, he is listed as Herbert William Todd, age 16, an Apprentice Blacksmith in Ship Repairing, living with his parents, Henry & Anna Mary (nee Horsborough) Todd & family in Wallsend. He had enlisted in Walker with the Northumberland Fusiliers. He was the husband of Kate Dorothy Young (formerly Todd - nee Harris) of 48 Nansen Street Jarrow.
Herbert is buried in South Shields (Harton) Cemetery and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Sjt. J. Todd
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
L/Cpl. James Henry Melton Todd
British Army 11th (Hull Commercials) Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:14 Frederick Terrace, Strickland Street, Hull
(d.28th Mar 1918)
James Todd (my great-uncle) was mortally wounded during the defence of Ayette, on the 27th of March 1918, and died at Doullens the following day.
He had previously been wounded in late 1916 or early 1917 and treated at Puchervillers Hospital, where he made friends with a Welsh soldier, David Jones. He gave Private Jones his soldier's New Testament, with an inscription "To my friend Pte Jones 53911 as a token for his great kindness to me while in Puchervillers Hospital on his day of evacuation 13th January 1917, Pte Jim Todd with best wishes". In 2006, this book turned up in a charity shop in Colwyn Bay, and a local woman, Mrs Bowen, purchased it with the intention of tracing the family. After a correspondence in the local magazine, Hull in Print, she was able to reunite it with the family of my aunt Mrs Wray, one of Jim's nieces.
Jim's mother, Sarah Jane, visited his grave at Doullens on one of the one-month passports that were issued especially for next-of-kin. She gave a false date of birth on the passport, to hide her paper-trail for legal reasons.
Jim's birth in 1893 was registered under the surname Melton, which was the name of her legal husband, whom she had left (together with an infant son) in Scarborough when she came to Hull for fish-gutting work c 1891. His father (and the father of her younger children, including my grandfather) was John Thomas Todd, with whom she had a bigamous marriage ceremony in 1905.
Pte. Oliver Todd
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Byker
Oliver Todd served with the Tyneside Irish and the Kings own Scottish Boarders
Pte. Percy Todd
British Army 7th Btn. The Kings (Liverpool) Regiment
from:Southport
(d.30th Sep 1918)
Percy Todd was my Uncle. He was killed in action at the battle of St Quentin Canal on 30th September 1918. He is buried at Louverval Military Cemetry Doignies.
Pte. Steven Todd
British Army 13th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:No 4 Hilton, Gainford
(d.8th June 1917)
Steven Todd was born 16 Jan 1887 in Wackerfield, Durham son of Southren John Todd and Mary Ann Stevens. He was one of 14 children. Steven was a miner when he enlisted into the DLI in 1916.
He died of wounds at 69 Field Ambulance on 8th of June 1917 during the Battle of Messines and is buried in the Hop Store Cemetery near the town of Poperinghe.
Rfmn. Thomas Todd
British Army 12th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Doagh, Ballyclare, Co Antrim
(d.7th Jun 1917)
My great grandfather Thomas Todd died in action in Flanders on 7th of June 1917. He was a Rifleman in the Royal Irish Rifles.
Pte. William Todd
British Army 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, C Company. Highland Light Infantry
(d.26th Sep 1917)
William Todd died aged 21 whilst serving with the 9th Highland Light Infantry Born in South Shields 1896 he was the son of the late William and Jemima Bridge Todd (nee Bonnet) of 54 Grange Road Jarrow. In the 1911 Census, William Todd, age 15 is listed as an Assistant Fruiterer for his Father's business, living with his parents William & Jemima Todd at 54, Grange Road, Jarrow
William is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Dvr. William Charles Todd
British Army att. 1st/3rd (South Midland) Field Ambulance Royal Army Service Corps
from:Plymouth, Devon
(d.15th Aug 1917)
My great grandad William Todd served in the First World War in Belgium, he is buried in the Dovinghem Military Cemetery. There is a plaque in Bristol Cathedral with his, and several others' names on it. I would like to find out why it is there. Unfortunately, there are no photos of William.
William was serving with the Royal Army Service Corps attached to the RAMC in Belgium near Hazebrouck in WWI and his role was horse transport driver of a field ambulance.
From what I can make out from reading the field officer's note for 14th/15th August 1917, my grandad was driving a field ambulance with another soldier, which was being pulled by four horses, when he received a direct hit from a shell which killed his crew mate and three of the four horses. My grandad was badly wounded and was sent by ambulance transfer to Dozinghem, where he was operated on, but died. He is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery in Belgium.
I visited the cemetery last year and it is a lovely place. I intend to go back next year with my son and his son, so three generations will visit the grave. Sadly, my father passed away in 2005 and will not be there to see a great site. If I can, I hope to track back to where my grandad was working from in the casualty clearing station in the Hazebrouck area. Should anyone have any further information on this I would be grateful.
I joined the army as a boy soldier in 1970 and left in 1977 to the reserve and asked to became an ambulance man in Minehead. I had no knowledge of my grandad's role in WWI up to now, but it would look like I have followed in his footsteps somewhat.
Pte. William Todd
British Army 9th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Belfast
(d.18th July 1916)
Pte. William Emery Todd
British Army 1/5th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Rotherham, South Yorkshire
(d.9th Feb 1917)
Pte William Hercules Todd
British Army 8th/10th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
from:Friockheim, Forfarshire
(d.31st July 1917)
A/Cpl. Jeremiah Todhunter
British Army 2nd Btn. Border Regiment
from:Wigton, Cumberland
Jeremiah Todhunter enlisted in the Border Regiment, at Carlisle on the 15th of September 1902 at the age of 19 years and 6 months. During his time in the Army, he served abroad in India, from February 1904 to December 1904, and in South Africa, from December 1904 to September 1905. Ā
As a member of the 2nd Battalion in World War One, he was deployed in France from the 25th of November 1914 to 19th of March 1915. During this time, he was wounded in action on the 12th of March 1915 during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10th - 13th of March 1915), and then transferred to the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion which remained in the United Kingdom. He was was medically discharged on the 14th of September 1915. Despite this, later during the war, in 1917, he attempted to re-enlist, but was denied on medical grounds. Et servivit honeste.
Pte. Walter Todman
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots
from:Woking, Surrey
(d.17th Feb 1915)
Walter Todman, Private 8859, enlisted in Blackdown on the 16th January 1904 as a boy soldier and served in the 1st Battalion Royal Scots. He died of wounds on the 17th February 1915. He is remembered on the Memorial at Ypres, the Menin Gate.
Walter was born on the 16th January 1890. He was the son of Walter and Sarah Todman. In the 1911 census he is listed age 21 and with his regiment in India.
Rfl. James Toft
British Army 7th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Openshaw, Manchester
(d.4th Oct 1915)
James Toft was killed by a German shell near Railway Wood East of Ypres in Belgium. He is remembered on the Menin Gate as there is no known grave.
Rfmn. Frank Benjamin Tolhurst
British Army 5th Btn. London Regiment
from:68 Tonbridge Road, Maidstone
(d.7th Nov 1917)
Frank Tolhurst was my grandmother's elder brother. She adored him. He gave her his bike before he went away to war. He was 27 years old when he died on 7th of November 1917.
Sgt. Ross Tollerton
British Army Cameron Highlanders
from:Scotland
In 1914 Ross Tollerton was working in the Irvine Shipyard as an engine keeper, having left the army in 1912 following seven years service. As a reservist he was recalled to the Cameron Highlanders at the outbreak of war.
On the 14th September the 1st Cameron Highlanders were involved in an attack on German lines and lost 600 men to machine-gun fire. Amongst the wounded was Lieutenant J. S. M. Matheson, Tollerton's commanding officer, who lay in full view of the German gunners. Without regard for his own life, and under heavy fire, Tollerton rushed towards him and carried him over his shoulder to a place of greater safety. Despite being wounded in the head and hand, he rejoined his companyĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s firing line and remained there until the order was given to retreat. Completely surrounded by the German army, Private Tollerton returned to Matheson and remained with him for 3 days, with only water to sustain them, until they were both rescued. Matheson who had been shot in the spine, survived the ordeal.
Tollerton was awarded the Victoria Cross for his act of bravery. The medal was presented to Tollerton by King George V at a ceremony at Glasgow Green on 18th May 1915. His Citation reads: His citation reads: Ć¢ā‚¬Å“For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on the 14th September at the battle of the Aisne. He carried a wounded officer under heavy fire as far as he was able to a place of safety, then, although himself wounded in the head and hand, he struggled back to the firing line, where he remained till his battalion retired, when he returned to the wounded officer and lay beside him for three days until they were both rescued.Ć¢ā‚¬Ā¯ Promoted to Sergeant, Tollerton returned to the Western Front and survived the war.
Cpl. Bertram Gordon Tolley
British Army 1st/1st West Somerset Yeomanry
from:Upottery
Bertram Tolley was born in 1885 in Reeds & Hamlets Kingsnympton the son of James Fisher Tolley and Dinah Hulland Adams. He along with the rest of the family moved from Kingsnympton to Upottery Nr. Honiton in 1895 to Lambpark farm. In 1903 he joined the West Somerset Yeomanry, todays TA.
When war broke out in 1914 he was moblised and sent to Colchester for training, the West Somerset Yeomanry were attached to the Hussars. He sailed on the RMS Olympic from Liverpool in September 1915, the West Somerset Yeomanry were attached to the Hussars, and saw action in Suvla, Gallipoli. Initially they were to dig trenches but by November they were fighting in the front line having taken over the Anzac trenches, they were evacuated in late November, early December, to Alexandria Egypt. On his return to the UK, Bertram asked to be discharged and this was granted due to the number of years of service he had done prior to the war.
He lived at Kings Lease in Upottery until at least 1919, this was another property attached to Lambpark farm. In 1917 he married Mary Ellen Dimond, formally of Gordhayes Farm Upottery, in Bermondsey London, the reason being Mary's sister Elizabeth Pearcy lived in London but were about to move to Chelows Park, estate which Tom Pearcy had purchased. Bertram and Mary lived at Old Chellows, Nr. Lingfield, Surrey, from around 1919/20, this was part of the estate owned by Tom and Elizabeth Pearcy. Mary and Bertram lived here until the untimely death of Mary in 1928. Tom and Elizabeth had returned to London in the early 30's due to financial losses endured by the crash, they died there in 1940 but are buried in the same grave as Mary Ellen Tolley, in Lingfield. Bertram then moved and purchased Brick Kiln Farm in Great Totham Nr. Maldon Essex, in 1929. He had been billeted near here when he was called up for WW1 service. He later sold this around 1937/38 to the Keyes family, he was still at Great Totham in Kelly's directory at this time, and moved to 41 North Street this appears to have been lodgings according to the 1939 register listed as a retired farmer. He later purchased and moved to 37 Church Street Maldon, Essex, he then worked for the council as a recreation ground attendant. Bertram died at the age of 65 in 1950 at Maldon Hospital. He left his money and property to his brother Fred, who lived in Boreham a few miles away. Bertram was buried in Maldon Cemetery in London Road, Essex in Row h43 v78 plot 6615 on the 17th March 1950. There is no headstone.
WO2. Vernon Stanley Tolley
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
(d.1915-10-16)
Vernon Tolley was killed in action on the 16th of October 1915
John William Tolliday
Army Durham Light Infantry
(d.7th June 1916)
Pte. George Tolmie
British Army 1/5th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
(d.25th July 1918)
My grandfather, George Tolmie of the 1/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in action at the Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge on the 25th of July 1918. CWGC shows his death as 27th July 1918 and not the 25th. After the end of WW1 Georges widow, Elsie, married again to James Crofts from Sheffield. They went on to have three children, my mother Marion and two sons, Jim and Reg. Jim was hit in the back by a piece of shrapnel at Dunkirk, was rescued and spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair. He was serving in The Black Watch. Reg served in the Recce Regt, landed on D Day +1 and went right through to Berlin without a scratch.
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